Droseraceae
Drosera
Drosera tomentosa

Drosera tomentosa var. glabrata A.St.-Hil.

First published in Fl. Bras. Merid. 2: 131 (1830)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Brazil (NE. Goiás to Bahia and Minas Gerais). It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Rivadavia, F. & al. (2014). Elucidating the controversial Drosera montana complex (Droseraceae): a taxonomic revision. Phytotaxa 172: 141-175.
  • Robinson, A. & al. (2017). Drosera of the World 3: 1076-1544. Redfern Natural History publications, Polle, England.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Drosera montana var. tomentosa.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Rivadavia, F. & al. (2014). Elucidating the controversial Drosera montana complex (Droseraceae): a taxonomic revision. Phytotaxa 172: 141-175.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0